Andrew MacNeill wrote:
> When I've done this in the past, going the route of creating a WS to do
> it was going to be too much of a hassle.
>
> Instead, I create an XML file that contains all of the recent versions
> of the apps and then use MSXML to download the XML file (and parsing it
> out into its own DBF file)
>
> So my version table looks like:
> CAPP C(30)
> NVERSION N(5)
>
> I do a CURSORTOXML() and then post it up (via FTP) onto a web site (and
> now it can be ANY web site- doesn't require an IIS for WS)
> and then grab it down with
> lox = createobject("MSXML.DomDocument")
> IF lox.Load("http:/xxxxx.xxx.xxx/version.xml")
> IF XMLTOCURSOR (lox.xml)
> ** compare versions
> ENDIF
> ENDIF
>
> small, dirty and quick - but it has worked fairly well.
>
>
>
But where's the guts of it? Where/when does the actual app update come
down the pike?
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
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